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Archpastoral Visit To St. Nicholas Church, Homestead
On Sunday March 21, 2010, The Fifth Sunday of Great Lent, His Eminence Metropolitan Nicholas Made His Annual Archpastoral Visitation to St. Nicholas Orthodox Church of Homestead, PA.
Highlights of His Visitation Included the Setting Aside of Kristofer Carlisle of St. John the Baptist Church, East Pittsburgh as Reader, The Ordination of Subdeacon Matthew Stagon to the Holy Deaconate and the Blessing of New Icons.
Following Divine Liturgy, All Took Part in the 60th Annual Parish Communion Breakfast in the Parish Hall.
Highlights of His Visitation Included the Setting Aside of Kristofer Carlisle of St. John the Baptist Church, East Pittsburgh as Reader, The Ordination of Subdeacon Matthew Stagon to the Holy Deaconate and the Blessing of New Icons.
Following Divine Liturgy, All Took Part in the 60th Annual Parish Communion Breakfast in the Parish Hall.
His Eminence, Metropolitan Nicholas is Greeted with Bread and Salt By the Parish Council President.
Very Rev. Fr. Robert Buczak Presents His Eminence, Metropolitan Nicholas with the Hand Cross Prior to the Start of Divine Liturgy.
"O Lord, O Lord, Look Down From Heaven And See and Visit This Vinyard Which Your Right Hand Has Planted..."
Metropolitan Nicholas Annoints the Icon With Chrism While Fr. Robert Buczak Looks On.
The Prayer at the Tonsure.
Kristofer Carlisle's Hair is Shorn by Metropolitan Nicholas
"AXIOS!"
"Command!"
Subdeacon Matthew receives Metropolitan Nicholas' Blessing.
Protodeacon John Youhas Leads the Deaconal Candidate around the altar.
"The Grace Divine Which Fills That Which is Imperfect..."
The Deacon is presented with the deaconal cuffs.
"The Newly Ordained Deacon Matthew Receives the Most- Precious Blood of Our Lord, God and Saviour Jesus Christ."
Axios! Axios! Axios!
"Let Us Complete Our Prayer to the Lord. "
"The Newly Ordained Deacon Matthew Receives the Most- Precious Blood of Our Lord, God and Saviour Jesus Christ."
Michele Tomko Greets His Eminence at the Annual ACRY Communion Breakfast which Followed Divine Liturgy.
Newly ordained Deacon Matthew Stagon addressed the assembled faithful at the breakfast following Divine Liturgy.